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Title: High internal inductance for steady-state operation in ITER and a reactor

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [4];  [5]
  1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  5. Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1371747
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1238888; OSTI ID: 1295125; OSTI ID: 1297648
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-700066
Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
Grant/Contract Number:  
FC02-04ER54698; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-09CH11466; FG02-04ER54761
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Fusion
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
Publisher:
IOP Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; internal inductance; steady-state; tokamak operation; DIII-D TOKAMAK; CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE; FUSION TEST REACTOR; IMPROVED CONFINEMENT; ENERGY CONFINEMENT; CURRENT PROFILE; SAFETY FACTOR; EQUILIBRIA; DISCHARGES; STABILITY

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Ferron, John R., Holcomb, Christopher T., Luce, Timothy C., Park, J. M., Kolemen, Egemen, La Haye, Robert J., Solomon, Wayne M., and Turco, Francesca. High internal inductance for steady-state operation in ITER and a reactor. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/0029-5515/55/7/073030.
Ferron, John R., Holcomb, Christopher T., Luce, Timothy C., Park, J. M., Kolemen, Egemen, La Haye, Robert J., Solomon, Wayne M., & Turco, Francesca. High internal inductance for steady-state operation in ITER and a reactor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/7/073030
Ferron, John R., Holcomb, Christopher T., Luce, Timothy C., Park, J. M., Kolemen, Egemen, La Haye, Robert J., Solomon, Wayne M., and Turco, Francesca. Fri . "High internal inductance for steady-state operation in ITER and a reactor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/55/7/073030. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1371747.
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title = {High internal inductance for steady-state operation in ITER and a reactor},
author = {Ferron, John R. and Holcomb, Christopher T. and Luce, Timothy C. and Park, J. M. and Kolemen, Egemen and La Haye, Robert J. and Solomon, Wayne M. and Turco, Francesca},
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year = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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